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Hi Russell,
You are probably right.
It's more of a visual thing, I'm not a corrugate person. I do have to live with it.
The roof has cost me more than expected, as the tiles are made in such a way you get a 2 ish inch overlap. That's fine on the barn I built 20 years ago next to it. But the pitch on this one is flatter so all 172 tiles had to be ground out on one corner to give it a 4 inch overlap. It stops the rain blowing back under the tiles.
The idea is to do it properly, then you only have to do it once.
Tony.
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Well progress has been a little slow over the last couple of days with builders being away finishing previous jobs.
However we did get the wheather vain back up.
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Well, that's the builders bit done.
Yes I'm to tight to pay them to paint the woodwork.
So now I have to start my jobs, and the interesting bits sorting the austin 7 parts out.
Hopefully it's not to cold over the weekend, so I can make a good start.
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Looks very nice Tony - very in keeping with the house. Many wouldn't bother to use the traditional materials but it really pays off in my opinion!
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12-01-2018, 07:30 PM
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never been one for grand openings.
Thanks R, I love the old stuff as you know. And use it were I can.
Tony.
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Here is the barn next to it, doors are the next project.
Built 20 years ago by myself. It's ramed full of too much austin 7 stuff.
The brick were recovered when they knocked down the old cattle market in leicester. So there are some nice white bricks out of the abattoir. I rented a 7 1/2 ton flatbed. And brought 4000 bricks back. It took 6 months to clean them. The tiles are the same Norfolk pan tiles as the rebuilt shed. I bought from a barn being rebuilt down the road in lubenham. Nearly collapsed the old trailor with that won.
Tony.
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Well for those who like to see austin 7 bits, we are onto the more exciting stuff.
I've started to get shelves back in. And filling them as I go.
First thing is hubs, I emptied 3 bags. And there are several boxes of them.
I worked out so far each shelf takes 39 front hubs. And I'm on the fourth shelf. There is also a shelf of more sort after rear hubs.
Sorry about the picture quality, I can't afford lights yet.
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well, thus, we can't say you don't offer good customer choice...!
You may be the only person globally with a building given over to Austin 7 hubs.
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18-01-2018, 05:59 PM
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Today I have been mostly putting stuff back in the shed.
JonE, I've now filled shed number four and half way through shelf number five. We're will it end.
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I've started the exhaust manifold shelves, plenty more to fill them.
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I found an over full box of cowhorns, so I started another box so they can be stacked.
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Then tracy pointed out that there's another pile over there.
Now I have three boxes of them. And more to come.
